April 30th, 2009 |
Posted in Editor's Picks by mike
Thursday:
Army of Freshmen, Mike TV, Turdus Musicus, Attention To Piss, and TOOKOO
Whether you’re going elsewhere for your music fix over the May vacation or not, you can catch this international punk/pop-punk get-together at YuYinTang. California’s Army Of Freshman are the headliners, with this stop part of a larger China tour, but all of the bands will give you something to jump around/be cool to.
YuYinTang, 1731 Yan’an Xi Lu, enter from Kaixuan Lu
9:00 start
60 RMB ticket
Friday:
Samba Batucada+Ballets Africaine+Yi’s Playground
If you’re staying in Shanghai but must be festivaled, try the Shanghai World Music Festival. Ballets Africaine have been around since before the marketing concept of “world music” existed, and are Guinea’s cultural ambassadors. Their show includes dancing, storytelling, and music, and should be hip. Joining them are Samba Batucada representing Brazil and Shanghai, and Yi’s Playground, repping the Huayao Yi of Yunnan.
Century Park Pudong
1:30pm start
30 RMB ticket
Creature w/ The Mushrooms
Part of Split Work’s/Canadian government weekend fest-esque thing, Straight Oota Canada, these concepty-dancy rocksters will share the stage with the crazy/tamed Mushrooms.
YuYinTang, 1731 Yan’an Xi Lu, enter from Kaixuan Lu
9:00 start
40 RMB ticket
El Cumpio Asesino
These Spanish melodramatic pop song/electro dudes and havers of a nice MySpace will swing over to the big city from the Midi fest to do their thing. They get an extra special recommendation by dint of being intriguing.
MoCA, Northwest corner of People’s Park
9:00 start
50 RMB cover including one glass of wine
Saturday:
Ballets Africaine+Aba+Shrine Synchro System
You get another shot at Ballets Africaine in the park, joined this time by the other Aba, who are a group performing traditional music and dance of Tibetan and Qiang people in the mountains of Sichuan, and London-based Shrine Synchro System, who have been bringing the richness of African music to the dance floor.
Century Park Pudong
1:30pm start
30 RMB ticket
Subculture Radio Launch
Along with Hangzhou’s favorite jazz program, Soulfire, getting it’s Shanghai launch a couple weeks ago, now we’re going to get subculture on the radio. Sweet! Celebrating this event will be Drunk Monk, Deville, and MC ChaCha, and their many friends. You can probably pick up the latest Pause:Play sampler while you’re there.
The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Lu
10:00 start
30 RMB cover
Sunday:
Final Flash+Hollerado
The last show of the Straight Oota Canada mini-fest; psychedelic folk-rock quintet Final Flash have been making waves recently, receiving rave reviews for their SXSW show, and having Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes produce their debut CD, scheduled for release in spring 2009. The next Arcade Fire? Go find out!
Anar, 129 Xingfu Lu, near Fahuazhen Lu
40 RMB cover
Monday:
Liu Soula and Netsayi
The refreshingly expansive Liu Suola will be joined by Zimbabwean/British soul/jazz singer Netsayi for an exciting show.
Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu near Science and Technology Museum
7:30 start
Tickets from 30-100 RMB
Tuesday:
Zakir Hussain and AMRTA
Like with the DJ rankings, the fact that many consider Zakir Hussain the best tabla player in the world doesn’t necessarily mean he is, but it definitely means you should check him out. He’s joined by locals AMRTA.
Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, 425 Dingxiang Lu near Science and Technology Museum
7:30 start
Tickets from 30-100 RMB
tags: Anar - Brazil - Canada - ChaCha - China - Dance - Editor's Picks - Jazz - MoCA - Oriental Arts Center - Pop - Pop-punk - Punk - Rock - Samba - Shanghai - Sichuan - Soul - The Shelter - TOOKOO - Yunnan - YuYinTang - Zimbabwe
April 25th, 2009 |
Posted in Articles by mache
The the continuous changes of plan and misinformation about the Midi Music Festival have created a great deal of talk and gossip about it; possibly the marketing campaign couldn’t have gone as well as this if they’d planned it.
The great news is that finally we know the line up, and all the information you need to go and rock your head off.
The Midi Festival will run from May 1st to May 3d. The place is Youshan Meidi Square (优山美地广场) next to the Jiangsu University in Zhejiang near Nanjing. Zhejiang is on the train line connecting the major cities of Nanjing and Shanghai, and most trains along the line stop there; both regular trains and the faster bullet trains. The cost ranges from ¥13-30 (regular train) to ¥30-75 (bullet train); you can find more information about it on China Highlights site. And those willing to use the event as an excuse for a longer trip can choose the Yangtze ferry from Shanghai to Chongqing that stops at Zhejiang; the trip takes about 14 hours.
Every day the shows will begin at 2 pm and finish around midnight. Tickets are ¥120 for the three days and ¥50 for a single day.
On May 1st the bands begin at 2pm with Beijing dance rock band TOOKOO (more about them here), then Honey Gun Band, Sand Orgy, Turdus from Norway, Twisted Machine from Beijing, Again, Mike TV from the UK (who will be on April 30th at YuYinTang), Thin Man, Army of Freshmen from the U.S.A, and closing the night is the famous Cui Jian. The DJs playing on the Electronic side of the Festival will be DJ Sky Zhang from Chongqing, DJ Bob Chen from Ningbo, DJ Gary from Guangzhou, DJ Harry from Chengdu, DJ Xeum from France, and DJ @llen from Taiwan.
Performing on May 2nd are Yu Guo, Hollerado from Canada, Spring Autumn, CMCB from Beijing, Priestess from Canada, The Subs, Gammalux from Germany, El Columpio Asesino from Spain (who will also be playing on May 1st at MOcA’s Art Lab), AK 47 from Beijing, and The Stills from Canada. On the electronic stage will be DJ Ivy V from Shanghai, DJ Jerry K from Guangzhou, DJ Fish from Shanghai, DJ Tootekool from German, and DJ Mickey Zhang from Beijing.
On May 3rd LRight Band will open at 2pm, then Bonk from Norway, Reflector from Beijing, Jets Overhead from Canada, Cold Fairyland from Shanghai (you can read more about them here), So Called from Canada, Roshme Band, Yaksa, Muma & Third Party, Blind Sight from Holland, and Miserable Faith from Beijing. DJ Cody K from Hongkong, DJ Jerryson from Shanghai, DJ Eagle Ningbo, DJ Baru from Japan and DJ Ben Huang Shanghai will be scratching tables on the 3rd.
You can buy your tickets for the concert on line on Beijing’s ticket company Piao. And for all those organizing road trips to the concert let us know: take photos, film videos and send them to us- we want to see who wins the “best rock face” award.
tags: Beijing - Ben Huang - Canada - China - Cold Fairyland - Dance - Electronic - Emo - France - Japan - Midi Music Festival 2009 ZheJiang - Miyadudu - MoCA - News - Norway - Rain - Rock - Shanghai - Spain - TOOKOO - UK - Video - YuYinTang
June 13th, 2008 |
Posted in Articles by mache
This next Sunday, June 15th, will be the first event created by the new Cultural Section of the Spanish Consulate in Shanghai. This will be the first of three Sundays, all part of the series named Cinestesia, Spanish silent movies with Live Music.
Sara Abad, from the Cultural Section of the Spanish Consulate, explains she was attracted by the idea of exhibit a language communicative beyond nationalities, with multicultural concepts and narrative styles, and aesthetically attractive. The series of three classics of Spanish silent cinema will be brought back to life by three different bands, who will revitalize the stories with the free composition of the sound track: the melodic and rhythmic narrative of each story. Sara says the final idea is to create an environment to experience past and present through all our senses.
The films will be shown at the Art Lab of MoCA (on People Square), the entrance is 50 rmb and the shows will begin at 19:00.
The program:
Sunday June 15th
Film: “El Abuelo” (The Grandfather) – from 1925 – directed by: José Busch
Band: Irrecoverables
Electroacoustic band founded in Madrid in 2005 engaged in the combination of electronic sound, derived from the old school and traditional instruments. For this event, Irrecoverables have created a new set of original material to be presented live as the sound track for “The Grandfather”. Irrecoverables are: Alex Caparrós – Acoustic Guitar; Pablo Picón – Bass; Martino Butti – Drums; Paul González – Programmings, Keyboards, Guitar and Melodica Hohner.
Sunday June 22nd
Film: “Pilar Guerra” – 1926 – directed by: José Busch
Band: Abraham Carmona Flamenco Fusion
Abraham lives in Shanghai since 2006, he comes from a Sevillian gypsy family of great flamenco musicians. Abraham plays flamenco rhythms influenced by jazz, hip hop and Latin music. He will perform together with Eddy Goltz, other known guitar player on Shanghai stages.
Sunday June 29th
Film: “La Aldea Maldita” (The Haunted Village) – 1930 – directed by: Florián Rey
Band: Josadac Freire Ferreira Jr.
During the last five years Josadac has performed at different locations in China, his music style covers a wide range of sounds including Brazilian rhythms and jazz among others. Josadac will be playing with Alberto Flores on guitar and quena.
tags: Cinestesia - Films - MoCA - Shanghai - Spain
